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Imani Center asks St. Helens for financial and fee relief as it plans new child-abuse assessment center
Summary
Columbia County’s Imani Center presented plans for an $5.2 million, 8,000-square-foot facility on McNulty and Industrial Way and asked the city to consider fee relief or direct support as it pursues grants and fundraising.
Deputy director, Imani Center, told the St. Helens City Council on April 16 that the nonprofit has secured a conditional-use permit and owns a parcel at McNulty and Industrial Way where it intends to build an 8,000-square-foot child abuse assessment and mental-health center.
The presentation said the full project cost is $5,200,000 and that the center — which provides medical evaluations, forensic interviews and victim advocacy — currently operates from a roughly 3,000-square-foot space and expects to double capacity with the new building. The deputy director said, “Right now, we can see about 250 to 300 kids a year at maximum capacity. This will double our capacity.”
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